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SUMMARYYou can always connect locally to a SQL Server on a standalone machine through Windows NT's local pipes using 32-bit SQL Server applications. However, you can not do the same from a 16-bit application unless network software is installed. MORE INFORMATION
On a standalone machine, you can use 32-bit applications to connect to the
local SQL Server by specifying server name as <local>, a period (.), or
blank. This is possible because of Windows NT's local pipe support.
However, the local pipe concept does not apply in Win16 (WOW) environment.
To connect to SQL Server from a 16-bit application in WOW, you need to use
named pipes, which is not available unless network software is installed.
Additional query words: Windows NT local win16 WOW Connect
Keywords : kbenv SSrvWinNT |
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